Cessna 172S
N1688C is a Cessna 172S, a fixed-wing airplane with one motor with a piston engine, built in 2007. It has 4 seats. It is registered to Aerosim Academy INC, a corporation in Sanford, Florida. The registration is valid: it was issued on August 1, 2018 and expires on August 31, 2028. It holds a standard airworthiness certificate for normal; utility, dated October 2, 2007.
Where is it now Last seen October 14 at 9:03 am.
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Aircraft
- Maker
- Cessna
- Model
- 172S · all 172Ss and related versions
- Built of
- aluminiumThe airframe is aluminium: sheet metal over a riveted frame, the way most aircraft have been built since the 1940s. This is how the Cessna 172 Skyhawk family is built; the FAA does not record construction for each aircraft, and the type certificate data sheet is the authority for this one.
- Serial number
- 172S10612
- Type
- Fixed-wing, single engineFAA type of aircraft code 4 (the FAA's broad category for the airframe). Every aircraft with this code · All codes
- Power
- Piston (reciprocating)FAA type of engine code 1 (what powers it, as the FAA classes engines). Every aircraft with this code · All codes, 1 motor · Lycoming IO-360-L2A · 180 hp
- Seats
- 4
- Year built
- 2007
- Transponder code
- A112D9 (octal 50211331)
Registration
- Status
- Valid registrationFAA registration status code V (whether the registration certificate is in force). Every aircraft with this code · All codes
- Certificate issued
- August 1, 2018
- Expires
- August 31, 2028
- Last FAA action
- June 3, 2023
- Airworthiness
- StandardFAA airworthiness class code 1 (the kind of airworthiness certificate it flies under and what it is approved for). Every aircraft with this code · All codes · Normal; UtilityFAA certificate purpose code NU (the kind of airworthiness certificate it flies under and what it is approved for). All codes · October 2, 2007
- FAA region
- SouthernFAA region code 7 (the FAA regional office that handles the record). All codes
- FAA record id
- 00409979
Owner as the FAA publishes it
- Name
- Aerosim Academy INC
- Type
- CorporationFAA type of owner code 3 (who holds the registration: a person, a company, a trust or a government body). Every aircraft with this code · All codes
- Address
- 2700 Flightline Ave
Sanford, FL 32773-9683
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Documents on file 0
No bills of sale, loans or other documents are indexed against this tail number.
Connections how N1688C links to the rest of the register
- Cessna 172 Skyhawk 20,675 registered
- Cessna 72,684 aircraft on the register
- Built of aluminium · as the model family is built; the register does not record it per aircraft
- Lycoming IO-360-L2A 2,644 aircraft with this engine series · 180 hp
- Aerosim Academy INC 45 aircraft in the fleet
- Sanford, FL 119 aircraft registered in this town
- Florida 21,706 aircraft registered
- FAA orders naming the Cessna 172 Skyhawk 88 airworthiness directives
- Failure reports filed on the Cessna 172 Skyhawk 4,219 reports since 1995
- Approved modifications for the Cessna 172 Skyhawk 857 supplemental type certificates
- FAA orders naming the Lycoming IO-360-L2A 26 airworthiness directives
- Failure reports on the Lycoming IO-360-L2A 992 reports since 1995
- Where N1688C is now · Last seen October 14 at 9:03 am.
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The public federal record on N1688C, read the way a buyer, lender or insurer reads it: FAA registration, prior tail numbers keyed on the serial number, reuse of the tail number, recent registry filings, and the NTSB accident record under this and every earlier registration.
Valid registration to Aerosim Academy INC, a corporation, certificate issued August 1, 2018, expires August 31, 2028. No fractional interest recorded. [1]
Standard certificate for normal; utility, dated October 2, 2007, consistent with the 2007 manufacture year. [1]
No earlier tail number is recorded against serial 172S10612 for this model in the deregistered file. [2]
No other airframe has carried N1688C according to the deregistered file. [2]
No bills of sale, loans or releases have reached the registry in recent weeks. The index covers only recent filings; older liens are in the records file. [3]
1 NTSB record under N1688C: Accident on July 30, 2016 at Kissimmee, FL: no injuries, substantial damage. Details below. [4]
These live in the FAA aircraft records file (every document ever filed against the aircraft) and, for larger aircraft, the International Registry. Part of the full report.
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NTSB records 1
Aircraft on the NTSB record: Cessna 172 · operated under 091
The student pilot's failure to maintain directional control during takeoff.
Full record in plain English · Docket and reports at the NTSB
- FAA Releasable Aircraft Database, master file, file of October 23, 2026. registry.faa.gov/
- FAA deregistered aircraft file (part of the same download), file of October 23, 2026. registry.faa.gov/
- FAA document index: registry documents received in recent weeks, file of October 23, 2026. registry.faa.gov/
- NTSB aviation accident database (CAROL), records through September 30, 2026. data.ntsb.gov/carol-main-public/basic-search
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Source: FAA Civil Aviation Registry, Releasable Aircraft Database, October 23, 2026. See this record on the FAA site · This record as data